tupek

And somewhere, back there, camped in his tupek, was his father.

The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell Dillon Wallace 1901

In summer he lived with his father and mother in a skin tent, or tupek, and in winter in a snow igloo, or iglooweuk.

The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell Dillon Wallace 1901

We had reached the place where the tupek should have been, but none was there.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

They were making their final fight when at last they stumbled into Emuk's tupek.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

They took us into the tupek at once, which was extremely filthy and made insufferably hot by a sheet-iron tent stove.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

The Eskimos held a consultation here and then Potokomik told us that they were afraid of heavy snow and that it was thought best to cache everything that we had -- blankets, food and everything -- and with nothing to encumber us hurry on to a tupek that we should reach by dark, and that there we should find shelter and food.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

He told us that Potokomik and the others, after suffering great hardships, had reached his tupek near the Mukalik the day before, but

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

Eleven of us crowded into the tupek and slept there that night.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

The dwellings are of three kinds: The _tupek_ -- skin tent; _igloowiuk_ -- snow house; and permanent igloo, built of driftwood, stones and turf -- the larger ones are _igloosoaks_.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

It was dark when we reached Emuk's skin tupek and were welcomed by a group of Eskimos, men, women and children.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901